jaeliyah's review against another edition
3.0
This is one of those books that even though you enjoy it, you can tell as you're reading it that you won't remember a thing about it once you close it, and having closed the book, I can verify that feeling is accurate.
texaswolfman's review against another edition
4.0
Gave this a shot and was pleasantly surprised. Didn't know some of the characters but the hunger game/battle royale story was pretty good. Want the next volume, now.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Young Marvel Superheroes meets Arcade Murder World meets Hunger Games. Yes it is a stupid idea but it is not nearly as bad as it should be. Sure they get X-23 wrong but they get Chase and Nico and Hazmat right. And some of the characters which I was not familiar with are at least interesting and done with a certain amount of life to them. Call it 3.5 out of 5 mostly do to pretty good execution on a pretty stupid idea.
cody's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ferrisscottr's review against another edition
2.0
Arcade is the villain in this one and I love Arcade all the way back to the 1970's when he had the X-Men in murderworld.
Now fast forward and Arcade had some downtime while in jail and read some books - specifically Battle Royale and Hunger Games. His new idea is to recreate murderworld but put 16 Avengers into it and have them battle to the death.
Been there.
Done that.
And - they aren't real Avengers, they are like the 'D' class Avengers.
This one actually got worse the more I read.
Art: average
Story: below average
Pacing: well below average
Not a good read and I don't recommend it.
Now fast forward and Arcade had some downtime while in jail and read some books - specifically Battle Royale and Hunger Games. His new idea is to recreate murderworld but put 16 Avengers into it and have them battle to the death.
Been there.
Done that.
And - they aren't real Avengers, they are like the 'D' class Avengers.
This one actually got worse the more I read.
Art: average
Story: below average
Pacing: well below average
Not a good read and I don't recommend it.
vroodles's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Self harm and Kidnapping
pickett22's review against another edition
2.0
I read this because Laura. I read a lot of things because Laura. She gets hauled along as a background character a lot.
There are a couple of things I don't quite understand. In Avengers Academy, Laura and Hazmat were not friends anymore. Laura was very angry, and told Hazmat never to come near her again. So why are they friends here? Or at least allies.
Also, I'm really unclear as to why the kids divided into factions to begin with. The red dude died and Hazmat got angry, got it, but how did that lead to everything else? Why did they split up? Why are they suspicious of each other? There are several kids in this group who would be smarter than this, and they are just not acting like themselves, so I find myself questioning everyone's motivations. A couple of them I don't know, so maybe those ones would get into the game, but I dunno. I'm not buying it.
Also, I'm really, really sad that the first murder that was kids' doing and not Arcade's was in a fight about who liked who. It's both boring and degrading.
But all that aside, I read it for Laura. And despite the confusion as to why she's taking orders from Hazmat when she a.) HATES her and b.) is better at survival than Hazmat is, Laura was written fairly well. Her diction was consistent with how she's always been written (unlike what she sounds like right now in the Bendis run) so it actually "sounded" like Laura. And as much as I hate Arcade for using the trigger scent, it was the one thing in this book that made sense. I understand that motivation. The rest, not as much.
There are a couple of things I don't quite understand. In Avengers Academy, Laura and Hazmat were not friends anymore. Laura was very angry, and told Hazmat never to come near her again. So why are they friends here? Or at least allies.
Also, I'm really unclear as to why the kids divided into factions to begin with. The red dude died and Hazmat got angry, got it, but how did that lead to everything else? Why did they split up? Why are they suspicious of each other? There are several kids in this group who would be smarter than this, and they are just not acting like themselves, so I find myself questioning everyone's motivations. A couple of them I don't know, so maybe those ones would get into the game, but I dunno. I'm not buying it.
Also, I'm really, really sad that the first murder that was kids' doing and not Arcade's was in a fight about who liked who. It's both boring and degrading.
But all that aside, I read it for Laura. And despite the confusion as to why she's taking orders from Hazmat when she a.) HATES her and b.) is better at survival than Hazmat is, Laura was written fairly well. Her diction was consistent with how she's always been written (unlike what she sounds like right now in the Bendis run) so it actually "sounded" like Laura. And as much as I hate Arcade for using the trigger scent, it was the one thing in this book that made sense. I understand that motivation. The rest, not as much.
meredithmc's review against another edition
3.0
The Marvel version of The Hunger Games and Battle Royale. At least it's upfront about the fact it's a rip-off. An enjoyable read, even though I didn't recognize the majority of the characters and it was obviously formulaic.